I cain't get my NVIDIA driver to work. I downloaded it from the NVIDIA site andran it in the run command and I get this Error: You appear to be running an Xserver; please exit X before installing. For further details, please see thesection INSTALLING THE NVIDIA DRIVER in the README available on the Linuxdriver download page at www.nvidia.com.

How do I edit my X-server and what do I need to do? I'm a linux newbie.I'm running the KDE 3.2 with a GeForceFX5900 video card. Thanks!

3. type restart ( hope you saved any open doccument in that X session )

4. you'll get to the console upon reboot, type root and password , now cd path_to_nvidia_installer

a )

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chmod 755 *.run

b )

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./*.run

** the kernel source must be installed, in case you are using Fedora Core, just type :

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uname -r apt-get update apt-get install kernel-source

kernel source and kernel must be the EXACT cd /usr/src dir cd linux-(version_here) vi Makefile (if I remember this right, or maybe MakeFile) and remove the custom word from the kernel version) I to insert / modify with vi ...after done press ESC then type :wq and ENTER